Ex-Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike is marking his ex-beauty queen wife, Iheoma as she clocks a year older today.

He simply thanked her for sharing her body, life and soul with him.

According to him, words cannot express how much she means to him.

His words, “My dear wife, I want to thank you for sharing your body, life, and soul with me. All the words in all the languages that exist in this world can never express how much you mean to me and how much my beating heart loves you. Happy birthday to the most beautiful @iheomannadi.”

LLNP.

Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike (born 10 May 1987) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a striker but is currently unemployed after last playing for Belgian club Westerlo.

Emenike started his football career with Delta Force. He revealed he walked on foot to training and back, even though it could take an hour and a half. He said he didn’t get paid as he played at the club when it was non-professional and were in a low division, the club were also refused funds from the Delta State government.

Emenike was called up to the Nigeria national football team for a friendly against Sierra Leone. He was called up to Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

On 21 January 2013, he scored in Nigeria’s opening AFCON match against Burkina Faso in a 1–1 draw. He also scored the first goal in the quarter final match between Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire which Nigeria won 2–1. On 3 February, Emenike scored a 30-yard free kick giving his country a 2–1 win over Côte d’Ivoire in the African Cup of Nations.